"Attorney-General George Brandis says cabinet made a collective decision to release an exposure draft on changes to race hate laws, but has not denied that he was forced by colleagues to water down his original proposal.

He has also played down suggestions that he was at loggerheads with Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs – who has criticised the government's proposed changes – and NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell, who disagreed with Senator Brandis's suggestion this week that people have the right to be bigoted ..."

2:37pm on 27 Mar 2014

The other Sir Tony has also written about the far-out scenes in Parliament this afternoon:

"For long moments, Bronwyn Bishop appeared so stone-still she might have been Lot's wife, turned to a pillar of salt as she gazed upon the frightful city of Sodom.

Madam Speaker, immeasurably offended, her lips pursed till they all but disappeared, was being accused of bias and incompetency so gross she was beyond redemption ..."

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has issued a statement, arguing that Labor and the Greens have joined together to "fulfil the people smugglers' promise of permanent visas for illegal boat arrivals".

Describing the vote as "reckless," Morrison said the Coalition would not be providing permanent visas to "illegal boat arrivals".

To give you a sense of how unusual it is to be named, Albo was named in the Federation Chamber (the main committee room) in March 2002 for refusing withdraw a comment about "lies" during the children over board affair.

In 1919, Labor MP Michael Considine was named and suspended for a whole week after he refused to withdraw expressions like calling the government "a gang of murdering thieves".

12:46pm on 27 Mar 2014

Other MPs are also expressing their views on QT just gone.

Refuge of the weak to blame the umpire. Labor leadership 'we wuz robbed' routine in QT a pathetic distraction from important issues #sooks